Basketball Recap: Desert Hills Drops Season-High Score on Mountain View

Thunder

Team Score (Highest)

02/12/25 vs Mountain View	70
12/18/24 vs Cedar	68
12/31/24 vs Elko	65
12/20/24 vs Hurricane	64
01/24/25 @ Cedar	63

With a playoff win on the line, Desert Hills rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They blew past the Mountain View Bruins 70-45. The Thunder's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Mason Rasmussen had a dynamite game for Desert Hills, shooting 6-for-11 from long range and almost dropping a double-double with 18 points and nine rebounds. Rasmussen is becoming a predictor of Desert Hills' success: when he posts at least 15 points the team is 4-1 (and 8-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Openshaw, who went 6-for-10 on his way to 12 points and six boards.

Desert Hills was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January of 2024.

When it comes to explaining why Mountain View lost, don't look at Kevin Lewis. Despite the final result, he posted 17 points. Lewis continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jaxson Hockersmith, who put up ten points and seven rebounds.

The victory got Desert Hills back to even at 12-12. As for Mountain View, they dropped their record down to 8-17 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Coming up, Desert Hills will head out to challenge Payson at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Payson knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Desert Hills likes a good challenge. Mountain View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.